Lion Rank

Lion is the kindergarten rank, and an adult does it too

A Cub Scout works on the rank for their grade, and Lion is the rank for kindergarten age (Guide to Advancement 4.1.1.0). Every Lion Adventure is done with a parent or other caring adult. The Guide makes that a requirement for all Lion and Tiger Adventures (4.1.1.1), and the Adventure pages call that person the Lion adult partner. The belt loops and the badge are for the Cub Scout only.

What the badge takes

Six required Adventures and any two electives. Required and elective Adventures can be done in any order, except that Bobcat is designed to come first (4.1.1.1). Each Adventure earns a belt loop as soon as it is finished; the Lion badge itself is presented at the next pack meeting after the last requirement is done.

Pick electives that fit your pack's calendar

There are fourteen electives and the badge needs two. A few of them can only be done if something is happening:

• Let's Camp Lion needs an overnight campout: a council or district Cub Scout overnight, or the pack's own.
• Race Time Lion needs a Pinewood Derby or a Raingutter Regatta to race in.
• Time to Swim needs a swim with supervision trained in Safe Swim Defense.
• Go Fish needs a fishing trip. The rest can be done in a den meeting or at home. Answer the electives question on this page and only the ones your Lion is doing stay on the plan. More than two is fine: the rank page says a Cub Scout may complete as many as they wish. The rank page also lists special electives, Archery Lion and Slingshot, which can only be done at approved events with qualified instructors. They have no Adventure page of their own, so they are not drawn here; ask the pack or council which events offer them.

Two things that happen at home

• Bobcat requirement 4 is the booklet *How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide*, done at home by a parent or legal guardian with the Cub Scout.
• Lion's Pride is about the family's own faith traditions. It may instead be earned by completing a religious emblem of the family's choosing.

Who signs off

For Lion through Webelos, when an activity happens outside the den meeting, a parent, guardian or other trusted adult may verify that the Cub Scout did their best, and the den leader then records it (4.1.0.3). The standard is "Do Your Best" (4.1.0.4).

What this page is

The Lion rank drawn from Scouting America's Lion Adventures page and the twenty Adventure pages it links to. Each step is a short label, not the requirement itself; every Adventure links to its official page, which holds the wording that governs and a list of suggested activities for each requirement.